Meeting
Abstract Number: 682
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department after having a witnessed seizure. There were no precipitating events and previous blood tests were normal. His blood pressure (BP) on arrival was 255/154 mmHg. Labs showed a creatinine (Cr) of 2.2 mg/dL, hemoglobin 9 g/dl, platelet 553 k/uL, low-normal haptoglobin of 31 mg/dL, and […]
Abstract Number: 683
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Atypical (complement-mediated) Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome is a rare but life threatening thrombotic microangiopathy that affects patients of all ages. About 33-40% of patients sustain end-stage renal disease, stroke, myocardial infarction or have mortality during the first presentation of this syndrome. We present a case of a 32-year-old previously healthy male who presented to the […]
Abstract Number: 777
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 59-year-old African-American female presented to our hospital with fatigue, exertional dyspnea and dark cola colored urine for two weeks. She was diagnosed with RRMS in 2009 and had been taking IFN-β since then with good response and no complications. Family history was significant for colon cancer in her mother, but no hematologic […]